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Wandered down the street to catch the bus, and then on downtown to the Granville 7 to catch a 2:10 pm screening of the Turkish film Pandora's Box or, perhaps, a 3:30 pm screening of Forbidden Door, from Indonesia, although VanRamblings coul...

topics: documentary, downtown, film-festival, theatre, vogue

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

October always seems like a good month for concerts and this year is no different. Here's a selection of some of the musical happenings around town this October. Oct 2 - Rain Machine @ The BiltmoreOct 3 - The Duchess & the Duke @ The BiltmoreOct 7 - ...

topics: concert, vogue

aggregated from: From Blown Speakers

That's a paper mache pinata representation of my friend Neil and I. The guy's been one of my best friends for the last few years and during that time he's always talked about ditching Vancouver to get out and see the world. Today he's finally leaving...

topics: commodore, show, vogue

aggregated from: HeroBlog

This week's OSM is of the grab box variety. And I do mean box, not bag, as in when I have nothing in mind for OSM on Sunday night I reach into one of the boxes of tapes in my storage room and write about the first thing I grab. This week it happene...

aggregated from: HeroBlog

myspace labelI've been plowing through releases trying to ready my Polaris long list nominations, and honestly it's a bit overwhelming. Even with all the great bands everyone gets to hear on CBC3 or college radio, the amount of quality music comin...

topics: bar, country-music, vogue

aggregated from: HeroBlog

I am not indie rock, I am West-Indie hip hop If one felt like putting words in the mouth of Kevin Brereton (also known as k-os) one could see that relatively simple statement as his mantra for his fourth full-length album, Yes!, which is being rele...

topics: dancing, indie, vogue

aggregated from: From Blown Speakers

Why don't we start with a new monthly: Nightshift with Tyler Fedchuk (1/2 Alive) and Justin Gradin(the ER) starts on March 25th at the Biltmore. Defektors and Channels 3x4 help them kick things off.Speaking of Tyler, he's got a new weekly called Far ...

topics: commodore, shows, vogue

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

You just possibly may have gotten wind that the billion dollar Olympic Village bill will fall on taxpayers unless we see a major government bailout. I'd love to play the news media game and milk this one, but since there hasn't been any real news sin...

topics: olympics, tax, translink, vogue

aggregated from: Day in the life of ...

I'll start off by saying that each show on this tour had ticket proceeds going towards local charities. In Vancouver, the benficiary was Covanent House.Due to the a little mishap at the door, I did not see Sebastian Grainger's set. He is of course,...

topics: indie, show, vogue

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Before folk singer and songwriter Ray LaMontagne came to town, I was wondering how the brighter moods of his newest album would affect his tour. On Saturday, LaMontagne and his band-mates answered this question by taking the Vogue by storm with the h...

topics: concert, vogue